Thank you guys.
Erika, I'll probably take you up on it, if ever I get around to rearranging what I've already written and whatnot.
Dawn: Is that supposed to scare me? Spike: Little tremble wouldn't hurt.
'The Killer In Me'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Miracleman - Feb 08, 2008 9:37:22 am PST #9746 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
erikaj - Feb 08, 2008 10:02:05 am PST #9747 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
cool. Let me know.
Strix - Feb 08, 2008 5:08:52 pm PST #9748 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Because there's only so long any one person can maintain empathy in the face of a tidal wave of fuck you. After a while, you have to shut it out. You can't stand against the tide, you give up and find yourself floating in the hateful undertow, another bottomfeeder living on scraps and loathing.
And I'll hate myself again. And try to float up to the light and the air and be a person again.
God grant me that grace someday.
Please?
MM, this is good. What's more, it's relevant to more than anyone who is/has been in customer service. The part I highlighted I marked because I can see myself as a teacher, maybe, if I lose myself, but I can also see other people I know -- therapists, social workers, casemanagers -- recognizing themselves and their own struggles.
People -- most people -- want to be good, And ergo, they want to read about heroes and yeah, Joe Miracleman's fighting-thetshittytbut-still-a-fight fight in the stinky bowels of some megacorporamonster. Cause that monster is always, essentially, US. Homo Sap.
Lee - Feb 10, 2008 7:43:38 am PST #9749 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Hey, it's Sunday, isn't it?
The cookie jar challenge is now closed.
This week's prompt is parting shot.
Amy - Feb 10, 2008 7:44:54 am PST #9750 of 10001
Because books.
Oooh, that's a good one.
Even if my mind did go right to porn.
Lee - Feb 10, 2008 7:49:16 am PST #9751 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Hee! Nothing wrong with the porn.
SailAweigh - Feb 10, 2008 7:59:49 am PST #9752 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Write it, write it!
Susan W. - Feb 10, 2008 4:58:25 pm PST #9753 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
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I hate writing a synopsis.
Among other things, it's so damn hard to avoid Repeated Word Syndrome. I'm running out of synonyms for "capture" and "flee" (such activities playing a prominent part in my plot). And I just caught myself using "refuse" three times in the same brief PARAGRAPH. The antagonist makes the protagonist an offer he believes the protagonist can't refuse, the protagonist scathingly refuses, and the antagonist gives him a night to think about it; if he still refuses in the morning, he'll be executed.
ARGH.
Susan W. - Feb 10, 2008 7:32:51 pm PST #9754 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Anyone up for beta-ing a synopsis? I'm planning to enter the Pacific Northwest Writers Association literary contest, science fiction/fantasy category with this puppy (synopsis plus opening chapters, up to 28 pages total), so I'd like to get a few more eyes on it to see if it makes sense and sells the story as something you'd like to read more of.
Typo Boy - Feb 11, 2008 6:31:23 am PST #9755 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I'm open. And for the kind of stuff you are writing, I'm part of your audience too. I love alternate history. And a period/location I don't know a lot about, so I'm a good test of whether you are expecting too much of your audience.
And yes I know it is a synopsis, not the book.